All towns have their vernacular of municipality, styles which are adhered too, ideas that spread. In Oswestry, things live on fronts of building in the historical town centre:
Giraffes are big in Oswestry. The influence of The British Ironworks Centre may be at work here; just down the road, they have a Safari Trail of animals in varying states of realism and quirkiness. The giraffe in a nest lives above an estate agents, surrounded by Petunias.
There is a castle and all the usual history of market towns on the borders. The archers above the hanging baskets may be commemorating the history of the town?
Quality hanging baskets on the front of this pub; and this time the sculptures are celebrating the present day.
Walls work better with something on and in them. This vacant unit is transformed by murallistic fancy. I especially like the cats. But where has all this frontage whimsy come from?
Among the contemporary pieces there's the odd bit like the one above, clearly much, much older, suggesting that decorating your shopfront with small sculptures has been part of Oswestry culture for a good long time.
Let's hope that the boarded shop keeps its horse, and maybe add a few more bits, for good measure.
Giraffes are big in Oswestry. The influence of The British Ironworks Centre may be at work here; just down the road, they have a Safari Trail of animals in varying states of realism and quirkiness. The giraffe in a nest lives above an estate agents, surrounded by Petunias.
There is a castle and all the usual history of market towns on the borders. The archers above the hanging baskets may be commemorating the history of the town?
Quality hanging baskets on the front of this pub; and this time the sculptures are celebrating the present day.
Walls work better with something on and in them. This vacant unit is transformed by murallistic fancy. I especially like the cats. But where has all this frontage whimsy come from?
Among the contemporary pieces there's the odd bit like the one above, clearly much, much older, suggesting that decorating your shopfront with small sculptures has been part of Oswestry culture for a good long time.
Let's hope that the boarded shop keeps its horse, and maybe add a few more bits, for good measure.
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